as in patron
a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing
you'll need a sponsor to recommend you in order to get into the exclusive country club
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Recent Examples of sponsor
Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 4 May 2026
The lead sponsors of the gala and exhibition are Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 4 May 2026
ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
City law prohibits certain employees from asking companies that do business with their departments to sponsor projects, even for legitimate governmental causes.
—Michael Barba, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2026
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Noun
It’s gotten to the point that Rob Shuter is saying Bezos is considering not attending, despite reportedly spending at least $15 million as a sponsor of the gala.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 4 May 2026
The lead sponsors of the gala and exhibition are Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 4 May 2026
Verb
Jernigan found a Republican sponsor in the state Senate and built a bipartisan coalition of nearly one-third of the state’s House members to co-sponsor the bill.
—ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
City law prohibits certain employees from asking companies that do business with their departments to sponsor projects, even for legitimate governmental causes.
—Michael Barba, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsor
Noun
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Sassuolo’s late patron, Giorgio Squinzi, never hid his sympathy for Milan.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Burgers are delivered to patrons at the counter in no-nonsense plastic baskets, accompanied by potato chips.—
George Motz,
Southern Living,
6 May 2026
Verb
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Pay raises for 42,000 employees The budget will also fund controversial pay raises for state employees.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), which investigates complaints about the NHS, determined that a local health body was denying women, but not men, funding for sterilization.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
Noun
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The clip, shared on X, appears to show Zahra Billoo, executive director of the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations CAIR-CA, discussing how supporters should approach expressing controversial sentiments in public versus private settings.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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Liverpool have revised plans to increase ticket prices following protests and lengthy discussions with the club’s supporters’ board.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
Verb
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Families are willing to go into debt to finance a surgery if doing so means saving a beloved dog’s life.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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Prosecutors have accused him of financing the plot.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
Noun
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These include decisions by a hostile California judiciary which, especially in the last two decades, have sided with the government and its special interest benefactors by creating loopholes that significantly weakened taxpayer protections that had stood for over 40 years.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
26 Apr. 2026
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The filmmakers reserved their incisive commentary not for Wintour or her staff, but for their notable friends and benefactors The Bezoses.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The regulators, who launched their investigation into State Farm last summer, also are considering a temporary suspension of State Farm’s license to underwrite new policies for a year.—
Amancai Biraben,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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Each request must be underwritten separately, even if the tenant has been approved in the past.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
Verb
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The protagonist, usually a young man, undergoes a series of adventures that eventually spit him out wiser, stronger, set up for life’s journey.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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So the virus carries the gene into the cell, where the gene travels to the nucleus and sets up shop and ultimately starts making the RNA and protein, etcetera.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
4 May 2026
Verb
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The arrival of Max & Helen’s doubles as a reminder to patronize these institutions before more of them disappear.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Trade school is often talked about as an alternative to a four-year degree, but the discourse can be patronizing, with jobs in construction framed as an off-ramp for the kids who can’t cut it in real college.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Sponsor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponsor. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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